In the show’s opener, lightweight Jonathan Maicelo rebounded from his first pro loss by scoring a 10th-round knockout of Jose Alejandro Rodriguez.

The time of the stoppage was 22 seconds into what was the final scheduled round.

Maicelo had suffered a knockout of his own this past April at the hands of Rustam Nugaev. He returned four months later, facing a challenger who was game and experienced — Rodriguez’s 30 fights included losses to Ray Beltran, Mickey Bey, John Molina and Eloy Perez — but not overly effective. Maicelo landed most of the scoring blows, often catching a retreating Rodriguez at the end of his punches. [Click Here To Read More]

In the show’s opener, lightweight Jonathan Maicelo rebounded from his first pro loss by scoring a 10th-round knockout of Jose Alejandro Rodriguez.

The time of the stoppage was 22 seconds into what was the final scheduled round.

Maicelo had suffered a knockout of his own this past April at the hands of Rustam Nugaev. He returned four months later, facing a challenger who was game and experienced — Rodriguez’s 30 fights included losses to Ray Beltran, Mickey Bey, John Molina and Eloy Perez — but not overly effective. Maicelo landed most of the scoring blows, often catching a retreating Rodriguez at the end of his punches. [Click Here To Read More]

Today, Jake Donovan (one of the writers) was praising the colombian Romero as the one that would dominate the lower divisions and I honestly thought he was jumping too fast in that wagon. I never thought he was so special and I thought that all that fuzz of having a parade in his honor and the country's president meeting was really beyond what is normal. Martinez is hardly an elite fighter and put a serious stop to all the hype behind Romero.